The inaugural Camdeboo Eisteddfod came alive with talent and creativity when it recently graced the stage in Graaff-Reinet.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด – ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 23 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 25 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข, ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด.
The event was not only a platform for learners to exhibit their talents, but also an opportunity to foster a supportive environment where learners could be recognised and celebrated for their performance abilities.
Mrs Bronwen Langmead, the Head of Culture at Union High School, expressed her delight at the positive feedback received from all those who attended this event. “๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด,” she said.
The performances were evaluated by esteemed adjudicators who ensured that excellence was celebrated and rewarded. The diverse showcase of talents helped demonstrate the depth of artistic abilities in the community, leaving the audiences in awe of the remarkable performances.
Mrs Langmead further added, “๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ!”
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet would like to express its heartfelt appreciation to all those who supported and participated in making this event a resounding success.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
The success of the inaugural Camdeboo Eisteddfod has undoubtedly set the stage for future events, inspiring even greater participation and showcasing the talents of more individuals.
The organising committee is grateful for the incredible support received and express their heartfelt thanks to everyone involved. A ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ is also extended to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet, Paul and Liezl Merifield, Joy Merifield and Johan Minnaar for their contribution to the event.
As the echoes of applause fade away, the memories of this extraordinary event will continue to resonate, reminding us all of the power of the arts to captivate hearts and souls.
